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Now they are hatin’ at the NCAAs:
Translation: We Mississippians belong here. Do you?
He lives in Miami now, but Rodriguez was born in Puerto Rico, which makes him an American citizen. They taught this when I was in school in Mississippi, but now there’s another, sinister message being pushed throughout the Southern states. Namely that people with Spanish-derived names and swarthy looks should be presumed outsiders. They must be made to prove their right to be here.
(snip the President of USM’s apology)
Saunders calls the incident isolated. Perhaps it is. But the chant arose the same day the Mississippi House passed a bill that will make life for anybody named Rodriguez or Ramos or Torres or Escovedo decidedly more difficult. Is that a coincidence? Or are the children taking cues from the adults?
It is unquestionably true that the xenophobia fostered by wingnut politicians has given bigots the green light. Why do they do it? Because hate sells.
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